Synopsis
Louis," "City Route 66 St. Louis," US 40 Bypass, US 66, "To Go Thru St. Louis Follow City Route 66".Great shots of families lounging in garden or yard of restaurantPan past sign "Please Pay When Served"POV, 2-lane concrete highwayPan over very bare Western motor court with plain square buildings; at end of pan billboards for Standard Red Crown gasoline and Storz beerdriving POVs of mountains, shot out side windowPan uphill looking at UCLA buildings, very uncrowded campus not fully built outPOV of Santa Monica Palisades Park from side window, recognizable if you know what it isGreat, exuberant scenes people horsing around on Santa Monica BeachFamily leaving grocery store with "Double Cola" ad on left (dark shot)Tijuana or Mexicali, Mexico -- adults walking in front of building with giant "Cerveza Mexicali" painted signFootage of main street, probably Blvd. Revolucion in Tijuana, storefronts, etc. (good)in Tijuana (good)U.S. Customs inspector at United States-Mexico borderDrive by (side window) Lindbergh Field (San Diego, California) with United Air Lines and Ryan Aeronautical Co. hangarsVS house in hills and succulents Cafe Trocadero Grauman's Chinese Theater (title and film bought commercially and spliced in) Motorboats, flying birds and airplane shot from ship (S.S. Catalina) heading towards Catalina Island Catalinahorse and carriage on island Chinatown, San Francisco Dense street with many signs: Far East Cafe / Chop Suey, Dong Ming Herbs, Shang Far Low Noodles, Silk…
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- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 6358_HM_X-Country_1938_No_1_01_43_28_15